Penholder.



PATENTED JAN. 3, 1905.

W. HUBER.

PENHLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 22. 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented January 3, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

WILLIAM HUBER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO EAGLE PENCIL COMPANY, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

PENHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,082, dated January3, 1905.

Application filed October 22, 1904. Serial No. 229,602.

To ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HUBER, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing in the city of New York, county of New York, State of New York,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Penholders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of penholders in which the gripportion is tubular and is long'itudinally slitted or divided intoindividually spring-yielding narrow strips or fingers to impart acertain elasticity to the same. that these strips or lingers areslightly bowed, are separated from one another at one end, and havetheir separate ends housed in a cap or ferrule in which they are capableof slight endwise movement.

In the accompanying' drawings, to which I shall now refer, Figure 1 is aperspective view of a penholder embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is across-section of the same on line 2 2, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalaxial section of the penholder.

The penholder consists of the handle a, having a tenon Z), on the frontend of which is secured a tip consisting of a sheet-metal tube c, havingan annular flare or flange CZ at its front end and containing a splitspringmetal thimhle e, between which and the flared or flanged head ofthe tube the pen p is inserted. This far the construction is old. It hasbeen usual heretofore to mount a sleeve, of cork, rubber, or othersuitable material, upon the tenon end of the penholder, confining it`between the shoulder of the tenon at rear and at front by the iiange dor the cap or ferrule f just back of the flange. upon this portion ofthe penholder that I mount my improved grip, which consists of a sleeveg, of any suitable material, but .preferably of hard rubber, which isslit longitudinally for a portion of its length into separate anddistinct narrow strips or fingers it, which are slightly bowed, so as tostand away from the tenon, which they surround. The

The characteristic of my `invention isA slits extend entirely throughone end of the sleeve, (in this instance the front end,) so that thefingers at this end are entirely distinct and separate from one another.The free ends of the fingers are assembled and housed in the cap orferrule f, which latter is cupshaped, much as the ferrule receiving thefree ends of the ribs of a closed umbrella is shaped. The ferrulef fitson the tube c and is held thereon by the fiange d. The free ends of thelingers or strips are individually capable of slight lengthwise movementin the flange or cap f, so that when the grip formed by their bowedportions is taken between the fingers of the user and pressure appliedsufficient to cause these parts of the strips, or some of them, to yieldinwardly their front ends may be free to move forward slightly in theferrule, so as to facilitate the yielding of the grip. In this way anagreeable grip is provided which will readily yield at the points wherepressure is applied. It is preferred to transversely corrugate or ribthe exterior faces of the fingers, as at t. This, however, is a nicetyand not a necessity.

I am aware of British Patent No. 3,166 of A. D. 187 9 and of UnitedStates patent granted to my assignee as assignee of George Oberbeck, No.624,853, of May 9, 1899, and I make no claim to anything shown anddescribed in either one of these patents. I, however, believe myself tobe the first to have made a penholder with a grip portion composed ofspring-yielding fingers mounted and held on the holder at one end andhaving their free ends housed in a receiver in which they areindividually capable of lengthwise movement.

What, therefore, I claim herein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is as follows:

l. In a penholder a tubular grip portion consisting of a series oflongitudinal lspringyielding fingers mounted on, and secured at one endto, the penholder, and a receiving ferrule or cap, also mounted and heldon the penholder, in which the free ends of the fingers are housed, andare individually capable of lengthwise movement, substantially as setforth.

. 2. A penholder provided at its front end withy a cap or ferrule f andhaving a tubular grip portion consisting of a sleeve g of elastic orspring yielding material longitudinally slit for a portion of its lengthinto separate narrow bowed strips or lingers L the free ends of whichare housed and capable individually I O of lengthwise motion in the capor ferrule, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I afHX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' WILLIAM HUBER. Witnesses:

SAMUEL KRAUs, P. H. BUCKMASTER.

